linux-kernel - Re: ATA 4 KiB sector issues.

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Message-ID: <20100310070929.GA6188@twister.home>
Date:	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:09:29 +0100
From:	Gabor Gombas <gombasg@...ikabel.hu>
To:	Daniel Taylor <Daniel.Taylor@....com>
Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@...il.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, Mark Lord <kernel@...savvy.com>,
	tytso@....edu, hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, irtiger@...il.com,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>, aschnell@...e.de,
	knikanth@...e.de, jdelvare@...e.de, mkp@....net
Subject: Re: ATA 4 KiB sector issues.

On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 04:14:30PM -0800, Daniel Taylor wrote:

> I will run some experiments to see if any of the systems on my desk can boot
> Linux from a GPT.

My desktop with a BIOS from 2005 has no problems with GPT. AFAIK a
recent Debian installer automatically chooses GPT if the disk is 2 TB or
larger.

Gabor
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